How Lengthy Does It Take To Beat?

Closing Fantasy XVI is in some methods a radical departure from the hit Sq. Enix RPG sequence’ previous and in different methods pulls from its wealthy historical past to create a really old-school feeling journey. So the place does it fall within the pantheon of Closing Fantasy recreation lengths? The reply is someplace within the center.

Based on a ballot of simply over a dozen present gamers over at How Lengthy To Beat, gamers who mainline the story can end in simply over 20 hours in the event that they rush it, but it surely’s extra more likely to take round 30 hours on common. Dabbling in a few of the recreation’s facet quests and particular monster hunts will take a bit longer—someplace round 40-45 hours. And a completionist playthrough ramps issues up much more, with two gamers reporting a one hundred pc run taking round 65 hours.

That traces up with what Closing Fantasy XVI reviewers have been saying as properly. Kotaku’s reviewer tried to do every little thing and hit the 70 hour mark. Three IGN workers writers hit 29, 40, and 60 hours respectively, with the center particular person doing about 25 non-compulsory facet quests and a handful of the sport’s particular hunts. Sq. Enix’s personal builders beforehand steered an everyday playthrough would take 35-40 hours whereas a completionist run would take between 70-80, a fairly conservative estimate in hindsight.

So the place does this rank Closing Fantasy XVI in comparison with different video games within the sequence? Closing Fantasy XV was a brisk 28 hours for the principle story however over 50 for a extra leisurely playthrough, whereas Closing Fantasy XIII was almost 50 hours for the principle story and over 100 for a completionist playthrough. That’s pretty constant, with the seeming exception being that Closing Fantasy XVI’s endgame won’t have that final merchandise or boss that requires an countless grind to acquire or beat.

The truth is, most early Closing Fantasy video games have been fairly quick, combining in round 20 hours for the principle playthrough and 30 hours for the completionist run. It wasn’t till Closing Fantasy VI that the video games began actually blowing up in size with longer tales and much extra further facet content material. In fact, Closing Fantasy XVI remains to be solely every week previous, and as extra gamers log their occasions to beat the sport it’s probably we’ll see its total run time improve a bit as soon as the pattern measurement is larger.

For now, it seems like a shorter recreation by conventional RPG requirements however nonetheless an extended one in comparison with motion adventures like God of Struggle: Ragnarök. And solely 11 of these hours are cutscenes.